Friday, April 11, 2014

COLUMBIA — Several sex workers have served nightclubs in the Upper Midlands and Upstate with lawsuits, charging that they violate the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

The lawsuits were filed in federal courthouses in Columbia and Greenville back in the winter.

The three sex workers, the plaintiffs, are all from the Upper Midlands.

Heart Breakers Gentlemen's Club, located in Columbia and Greenville, and Platinum Plus, located in Columbia and Greenville, are the defendants in the lawsuit.

Predictably, the operators of all four clubs deny all of the allegations and say the dancers were independent contractors who were paid fairly.
Last month, the operators filed a counterclaim seeking dance fees the
strippers received, in addition to their regular wages.

The case is similar to others filed around the country, including in the Midlands of Georgia. In September 2013,
a federal judge in New York City ruled that exotic dancers at a club
there are protected by labor laws and entitled to at least a minimum
wage. That ruling was appealed.

The owner's father tore the sign down and replaced it with a non-homophobic sign requiring people to pull their pants (if they wear any) up, but the stubborn owner of the business came back to the store and reinstalled the bigoted sign.

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